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Resident Gail Myers urges Crookston City Council to sponsor bill to fund Houston Avenue buyouts and stabilization
Summary
Gail Myers, speaking by phone, asked the Crookston City Council to provide assurances so state legislators can file a bill seeking roughly $1.35 million to buy out and demolish eight homes and stabilize a severely eroding riverbank on Houston Avenue; the council said it needs firm numbers before any vote.
Gail Myers, a Houston Avenue resident, told the Crookston City Council during the public-comment portion that severe bank erosion threatens homes and asked the city to act as the local sponsor for a state bill to secure funding for buyouts, demolition and bank stabilization.
Myers said the request would not impose costs on Crookston directly but would allow state legislators to file a bill seeking funding. "This vote will not cost you any money, but will put in motion the state legislature's resources to help us potentially save lives, save property, and even preserve our water quality," she said.
Myers outlined three parts to the effort: (1) buyouts of the most at-risk houses…
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